NYT Connections Answer Today (#1212) – 5 Oct 2026 Solution & Hints
- About Today’s Connections
- The 16 Words
- Definitions of the 16 Words
- General Hints
- Category Titles
- One Word per Category
- Complete Solution (Click to Reveal)
About Today’s Connections
Puzzle #1212 (published October 5, 2026). Sort 16 words into four groups of four, based on a hidden connection. Some words look like they belong together and don’t — that’s by design.
The 16 Words
Here are the 16 words, sorted alphabetically to avoid spoilers:
- ADVISORY
- CHESS
- CONTENT
- EXPLICIT
- GRAPHIC
- IRONING
- MESSAGE
- PARENT
- PEACEFUL
- PLACID
- PLEASE
- SAPPHIRE
- SERENE
- SLOAN
- STRONG
- SUGGESTIVE
Definitions of the 16 Words
| ADVISORY | A notice that cautions people about a particular condition or risk. |
| CHESS | A two-player strategy game played with pieces like kings, queens, and pawns on a checkered board. |
| CONTENT | Feeling satisfied and at ease with how things currently are. |
| EXPLICIT | Stated or shown in complete, unambiguous detail, with nothing held back. |
| GRAPHIC | Described or shown in vivid, unflinching detail. |
| IRONING | A flat padded surface used for pressing wrinkles out of clothing. |
| MESSAGE | A short piece of communication passed from one person to another. |
| PARENT | A mother or father who raises a child. |
| PEACEFUL | Free from disturbance or conflict; calm and quiet. |
| PLACID | Not easily disturbed or excited; calm in a steady, settled way. |
| PLEASE | A polite word added to a request to make it more courteous. |
| SAPPHIRE | A deep blue precious gemstone. |
| SERENE | Marked by a deep, untroubled calm. |
| SLOAN | A surname, familiar from business history and popular film and TV characters. |
| STRONG | Having great power, force, or intensity. |
| SUGGESTIVE | Hinting at something, often something risqué, without stating it outright. |
General Hints
- Every word here describes a mind or mood that’s settled and untroubled.
- These are words a content rating might use to warn you about what’s inside.
- Each of these phrases ends with a different type of flat panel or surface you’d find around the house or office.
- Look at the tail end of each word — hidden inside is a different way to temporarily get your hands on something you don’t own.
Category Titles
- 🟨 Yellow: Calm
- 🟩 Green: Adjectives for Mature Content
- 🟦 Blue: Kinds of Boards
- 🟪 Purple: Ending in Ways to Temporarily Acquire
One Word per Category
- 🟨 Yellow: SERENE
- 🟩 Green: GRAPHIC
- 🟦 Blue: CHESS
- 🟪 Purple: SLOAN
Complete Solution
The full breakdown is below — tap to reveal all four groups:
[CLICK TO REVEAL: Full Solution]
NYT Connections #1212 — Full Groups
- 🟨 Yellow: Calm → CONTENT, PEACEFUL, PLACID, SERENE
- 🟩 Green: Adjectives for Mature Content → EXPLICIT, GRAPHIC, STRONG, SUGGESTIVE
- 🟦 Blue: Kinds of Boards → ADVISORY, CHESS, IRONING, MESSAGE
- 🟪 Purple: Ending in Ways to Temporarily Acquire → PARENT, PLEASE, SAPPHIRE, SLOAN
The purple group was the trickiest today — each word hides a different word for temporarily borrowing something right at its tail end, and it’s easy to overlook until you isolate the last few letters.
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